MADRID, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Madrid will ban e-scooters

rented through mobile apps after the city's three licensed

operators failed to implement limits on their clients'

circulation or control their parking, Mayor Jose Luis

Martinez-Almeida said in a statement.

Martinez-Almeida said the licenses of Lime, Dott and Tier

Mobility would be cancelled from October and that the city has

no plans to grant new licenses to any other operators.

"The market was found to be incapable of meeting the

requirements set by the mayor's office to ensure the highest

level of safety for citizens," he said in a statement on

Thursday.

The so-called scooter sharing system has raised opposition

in cities around the world due to reckless driving by users on

streets and sidewalks and haphazard parking that often leaves

public spaces cluttered.

Since May 2023, the Madrid city council had regulated the

rental e-scooter market, only authorising Amsterdam-based Dott,

Germany's Tier Mobility and U.S.-based Lime, whose scooters are

available on Uber's ( UBER ) app.

They were authorised to rent 2,000 scooters each.

The three operators were supposed to give the mayor's office

access to its data and were ordered to implement technology

forcing their customers to leave the scooters only in authorised

areas and preventing them from hiring them in pedestrian-only

streets or near historic parks.

They failed to meet those conditions, the statement said,

adding that they have 20 days to appeal.

Dott, Lime and Tier did not immediately respond to requests

for comment.

Madrid follows in the footsteps of Paris, which last year

banned e-scooter rentals following a public consultation.